Maybe it's just characteristic of revolutionary hegemons, and revolutions come much faster now. Those who seize power are insecure compared to those who were born to it. Would you call a social order like that a "nouveau reich"?
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I guess the Romans were big on overthrowing kings, too. But actually being the hegemon and constantly whining about being oppressed at the same time seems more recent.
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Depends in part on how you understand "society." Christianity has always grown from this seed, and what was true in Nero's reign was remembered and cherished as an heirloom later, in great cathedrals with marble statues of martyrs. CF "White Man's burden," last word underlined.
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Sparta, Rhodesia, Renaissance Northern Italy maybe? You could view king vs nobles conflict as populism (king as representative of people) vs elites, but that’s a stretch.
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Yay! We're breaking new ground!
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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit. Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows. Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on, O Lord, why have you forsaken me?
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